(2008/09/06)
Football coaches, media and even fans like to talk about how many “touches” an offensive player will have in a game. Touches, as in how many times a particular player will get their hands on the football.
(2008/09/06)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Justin Morneau hit a grand slam and Francisco Liriano threw seven solid innings to help the Minnesota Twins snap their three-game losing streak with a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
(2008/09/06)
In general, tennis officials should be applauded for trying to make changes they think will attract more fans.
(2008/09/05)
Matt Winney isn’t ready to accept the title yet. The UW-La Crosse junior has more to prove, more signature moments to create, before he’ll be comfortable with the honor of being called a lockdown cornerback.
(2008/09/05)
UW-La Crosse football coach Larry Terry is usually a tough man to pin down when it comes to comparisons.
(2008/09/05)
NONCONFERENCE Hardin-Simmons Cowboys 7 p.m. Saturday at Winona, Minn. COACH: Jimmie Keeling, 17th season AFFILIATION: NCAA Division III CONFERENCE: American Southwest 2007 RECORD: 6-4; UW-L VS H-S.: 1-0 STARTERS RETURNING: 17 (7 offense/8 defense/2 special teams).
(2008/09/05)
The UW-La Crosse football team will be playing its four home games in Winona, Minn., this season. Here are some things fans might want to know:
(2008/09/05)
1. Defense The Eagles have the makings of a good to outstanding defense. The pieces of the puzzle — athletic young cornerbacks Derek Dreher and Matt Winney, playmaking end Joe Troia, veteran linebacker Drew Kiefer — are all there. The season will hinge on it all fitting together under first-year coordinator Jeff Conway.
(2008/09/05)
MADISON — University of Wisconsin freshman defensive end Brendan Kelly’s first play in last week’s opener against Akron was on the kickoff team, and it resulted in a tackle.
(2008/09/05)
TORONTO (AP) — Jesse Litsch threw a four-hit shutout and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota with a 9-0 victory over the Twins on Thursday night.
(2008/09/04)
The Milwaukee Bucks made a strong impression on La Crosse area basketball fans a year ago when they played the Chicago Bulls in a sold-out La Crosse Center.
(2008/09/04)
Elliott Purdom, the Viterbo University men’s soccer team’s goalkeeper, was called on to boot a penalty kick with no time left in the second half Wednesday, and he delivered, tying the game.
(2008/09/04)
MADISON — A day before getting started with their annual preseason conditioning runs up the hill at Elver Park, members of the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team learned what the climb toward the school's 11th straight NCAA tournament appearance will look like.
(2008/09/04)
I have a sports prediction. By 2011, every organized football team on the planet will be running the spread offense. It’s not just the offense du jour, its the offense du decade, and quite frankly, I’m getting tired of it.
(2008/09/04)
TORONTO (AP) — Knocked out of first place by defensive miscues and missed opportunities at the plate, the Minnesota Twins aren't cursing their luck, just hoping it changes in a hurry.
(2008/09/04)
CHICAGO (AP) — Randy Wolf's first shutout in more than four years gave the Houston Astros another lift in their impressive late-season surge.
(2008/09/04)
GREEN BAY — He had to know what it meant, right?
(2008/09/03)
Quarterback Griffin Moe erased every question mark about his health during the UW-La Crosse football team’s preseason camp.
(2008/09/03)
CC Sabathia is not only an outstanding pitcher, but an outstanding gentleman, too.
(2008/09/03)
TORONTO (AP) — Locked in a tight AL Central race, the Minnesota Twins can't afford too many nights like this.
(2008/09/03)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Tarvaris Jackson will have company under the microscope. Spotlights are wide, after all. There's always room for two.
(2008/09/03)
CHICAGO (AP) — Geoff Blum hit a two-run homer off Kerry Wood in the 11th inning to send the Houston Astros to their seventh straight victory, 9-7 over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
(2008/09/02)
ONALASKA — Collecting old golf clubs hasn’t gotten old for Steve Fleis.
(2008/09/02)
Eric Gagne enters the game for the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning Monday against the New York Mets and struggles. He gives up a two-run home run and the Brewers lose the game.
(2008/09/02)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema knows his team can’t look past Marshall — neither the team nor its star player of the same name.
(2008/09/02)
CHICAGO (AP) — Roy Oswalt is pitching like an ace again and the Houston Astros are on a roll headed into the final month of the season.
(2008/09/02)
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Kevin Rogers’ job title with the Minnesota Vikings seems simple enough.
(2008/09/01)
MADISON — University of Wisconsin sophomore defensive end Kirk DeCremer was feeling good about the limited role he was going to have with the football team this season.
(2008/09/01)
YANKTON, S.D. — Molly Lo scored a pair of goals as the Viterbo University women’s soccer team scored its second straight victory with a 6-2 nonconference win over Mount Marty on Sunday.
(2008/09/01)
CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Werth hurt the Chicago Cubs again, and Jamie Moyer and the Philadelphia bullpen took over from there.
(2008/09/01)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Justin Morneau feels a lot better this year than he did in 2007 even though he heads into September about as sore as he was at this point last season. The difference? Minnesota’s place in the standings.
(2008/09/01)
With UW-La Crosse having to move its home football games to Winona State’s campus this season, some people might be reluctant to attend. If I weren’t going to be there anyway, I would definitely choose to go.
(2008/08/31)
MADISON — Most of the University of Wisconsin football players were too young, or grew up too far away, to have memories of the Badgers’ 1998 team.
(2008/08/31)
MADISON — At the outset of training camp earlier this month, University of Wisconsin junior tailback P.J. Hill got a brief, but enlightening lecture in reality.
(2008/08/31)
The UW-La Crosse volleyball team swept both of its matches Saturday at the UW-L Invitational and finished 4-0 for the weekend.
(2008/08/31)
CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Werth homered twice, Ryan Howard hit his major league-leading 37th homer and the Philadelphia Phillies ended the Chicago Cubs’ seven-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory Saturday.
(2008/08/31)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bobby Crosby and Emil Brown both scored on a throwing error by Minnesota closer Joe Nathan in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Twins 3-2 on Saturday night.
(2008/08/31)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings’ final cuts Saturday included no major surprises, and the only real intrigue revolved around the No. 3 quarterback job. And even that seemed like a foregone conclusion.
(2008/08/31)
A few observations from the first week of the high school football season:
(2008/08/30)
The old saying about a journey of a thousand miles rang especially true for the new Viterbo University men’s and women’s cross country programs earlier this month.
(2008/08/30)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Joe Mauer matched his career high with five hits and had a season-best four RBIs, Kevin Slowey won his fourth straight decision and the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 12-2 on Friday night.
(2008/08/30)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings’ offensive line suffered a major, but not surprising, blow Friday when the NFL suspended left tackle Bryant McKinnie for the first four games of the season for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
(2008/08/30)
According to Miami radio station 790 and ESPN. com, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Johnson legally changed his name to Ocho Cinco on Friday. The media would have to refer to him as Chad Ocho Cinco from now on, and he’d be able to put the name on the back of his jersey without being punished by the NFL.
(2008/08/29)
UW-La Crosse volleyball coach Sheila Perkins knows not to mess with a good thing.
(2008/08/29)
When Larry Terry was the offensive coordinator for the UW-La Crosse football team in the mid-1990s, one of his toughest jobs was managing daily sessions against the Eagles’ hellacious defensive lines of that era.
(2008/08/29)
In a couple of days, our long, national nightmare will be over. No, not the Democratic and Republican national conventions. I’m talking about the NFL preseason.
(2008/08/29)
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Another receiver down for the Dallas Cowboys.
(2008/08/29)
CHICAGO (AP) — On his 65th birthday, Lou Piniella found himself in the middle of a noisy celebration. He can thank Aramis Ramirez for stirring up the party.
(2008/08/28)
Derek Melton, the La Crosse Loggers All-Star first baseman who suffered a serious neck injury on Aug. 3 while swimming at Pettibone Beach, was released from Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center on Wednesday.
(2008/08/28)
We’ve spent the better part of two weeks telling you about some of the players we think require your attention in the upcoming high school football season. This marks the day that we’ll find out if we were on target or not even close to it.
(2008/08/28)
SEATTLE — Knowing how many steps must happen in perfect order to throw out a runner from the outfield, Minnesota’s Denard Span wasn’t the least bit surprised to see Tug Hulett being sent toward home.
(2008/08/28)
PITTSBURGH — Two bunts, one double and nine well-pitched innings. The Chicago Cubs proved on a Wrigley Field-like day they can win when their bats aren’t booming, and their by-the-
(2008/08/28)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — When Minnesota Vikings defensive end Brian Robison takes the field tonight for the preseason finale at Dallas, his heart will be pounding a little faster for two reasons.
(2008/08/27)
UW-La Crosse quarterback Griffin Moe says his right shoulder feels great. Coach Larry Terry says Moe has had a good camp.
(2008/08/27)
Leslie Frazier began to see a difference in Chad Greenway’s performance this spring at the Vikings’ practices during Organized Team Activities.
(2008/08/27)
It may be too early to call Green Bay’s second-year defensive tackle Justin Harrell a complete bust, but he does appear to be at least significantly cracked.
(2008/08/27)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alfonso Soriano dropped a routine fly ball in Pittsburgh for the second time in four months, giving the Chicago Cubs flashbacks.
(2008/08/26)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A day after cautioning his team that this is no time to sit around, Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella got plenty of production up and down his lineup. What he liked most was that much of it came from his new prize pupil, Kosuke Fukudome.
(2008/08/26)
MINNEAPOLIS — The Vikings signed veteran free agent Derrick Pope this offseason hoping he would provide depth at linebacker and contribute on special teams.
(2008/08/26)
I’m a stubborn fellow who hates to admit when I’m beaten. Case in point: I once tried to continue my long-distance running regimin even though my leg swelled to twice its size and I limped everywhere I went. As it turned out, I had injured my Achilles’ tendon. I still wanted to run, but I grudgingly listened to the doctor when he told me in a nice way not to be stupid.
(2008/08/25)
CHICAGO — In 89 starts with Oakland, Rich Harden struck out 10 or more batters twice. In eight starts with the Cubs, he's racked up double—digit strikeouts five times.
(2008/08/25)
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The umpires didn't need instant replay to reverse a home run call this time because it was so obvious.
(2008/08/25)
MINNEAPOLIS — The final three weeks of Minnesota's preseason schedule reads as a who's who of aggressive, attacking defenses.
(2008/08/25)
I wish I had taken more time to watch the Olympics. I saw swimmer Michael Phelps beat Milorad Cavic of Serbia by one-hundredth of a second. I caught the volleyball match where Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won two games in a row to make it 14 straight victories in the Olympics and earn another gold medal.
(2008/08/24)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's defense hasn't lost its edge without Mike Tomlin.
(2008/08/24)
I felt sick Friday night after watching highlights from the Packers-Broncos preseason game and hearing “Aaron Rodgers looked like Brett Favre after completing 18 of 22 passes for 193 yards.”
(2008/08/24)
CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Dempster has a shot at 20 wins. He's much more focused on the Chicago Cubs' 100-year championship drought.
(2008/08/24)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mark Teixeira went 3-for-3 with a home run and Francisco Rodriguez closed out another strong bullpen performance, lifting the Los Angeles Angels over Minnesota 7-5 Saturday night and ending the Twins' four-game winning streak.
(2008/08/23)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Glen Perkins pitched eight innings and Denard Span and Delmon Young homered for the Minnesota Twins, who took over first place in the AL Central with a 9-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
(2008/08/23)
Here are some random thoughts from the second week of the Summer Games.
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 DEFENSIVE EAGLE: Junior cornerback Matt Winney has the strength and speed to excel at the press man style UW-L uses in most defensive set. To read more, click here. Erik Daily photo |
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